School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 22_066
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- People in olden times ate bread made out of wheaten flour. It was made into round cakes. One of these cakes would have to do a man.
They also ate bread made from yellow meal which was called "Pauk".
During the great war people ate bread made out of dark flour which was called "Black Bread".
They ate bread made from potatoes and sour milk. They made this every day. These were made into squares one for every meal. This bread was called "Stampey".
Farmers had a quern of their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán M. Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Joseph Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greenville, Co. Kerry
